Competitive Information for Regirock [Sword/Shield]
Rock
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Regirock? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Sword/Shield Single Battles. The movesets and EVs have been specifically calibrated to deal the most amount of damage to the largest group of potentially common opponents and typing threats for the Sword/Shield generation metagame.
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Regirock is a stupendous Rock-typed Pokemon. It's a frequent sight to see Regirock out in the 8th generation battlefield. Regirock is weak to Fighting, Grass, Ground, Steel, and Water-typed attacks.
Item: Weakness Policy / Leftovers
Ability: Clear Body
Nature: Brave (+Atk, -Spe)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Moveset:
- Earthquake / Stomping Tantrum
- Body Press / Drain Punch
- Rock Slide
- Curse
Physical Tank Regirock (Popular/Trending)
Regirock is a legendary Physical Tank for single battles. It's primary goal is to take a decent amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. Leftovers are always a great recovery option to ensure Regirock last longer regaining it's health every turn. Weakness Policy activates if Regirock is hit by a super effective move. The Weakness Policy is consumed and its Attack and Special Attack are increased by two stages each. With Clear Body, prevents other pokemon from lowering Regirock's stat stages.
◆ Stomping Tantrum is a physical 75-base power Ground-type move (power doubles if your Regirock's last move failed).
◆ Body Press is a physical 80-base power Fighting-type move (uses Regirock's defense stat as attack in damage calculation).
◆ Drain Punch is a physical 75-base power Fighting-type move (Regirock recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
◆ Rock Slide is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to make the foes flinch).
◆ Curse is a status move (curses if ghost, else -1 spe, +1 atk, +1 def).
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Item: Eject Pack / Choice Band
Ability: Clear Body
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Moveset:
- Thunder Punch / Double-Edge
- Superpower / Hammer Arm
- Rock Slide / Rock Tomb
- Earthquake / Stomping Tantrum
Physical Sweeper Regirock (Clear Body)
Regirock is a legendary Physical Sweeper for single battles. It was designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Regirock's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Clear Body, prevents other pokemon from lowering Regirock's stat stages. Thunder Punch was added to provide additional threat coverage. With a Eject Pack equipped to it, if Regirock's stat stages are lowered, it switches to a chosen ally then the Eject Pack gets consumed.
◆ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
◆ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Regirock's attack and defense by 1 stage).
◆ Hammer Arm is a physical 100-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Regirock's speed by 1 stage).
◆ Rock Slide is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to make the foes flinch).
◆ Rock Tomb is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Rock-type move (100% chance to lower the target's speed by 1 stage).
◆ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
◆ Stomping Tantrum is a physical 75-base power Ground-type move (power doubles if your Regirock's last move failed).
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Item: Weakness Policy
Ability: Clear Body
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Stone Edge
- Drain Punch / Facade
- Rock Polish / Superpower
- Earthquake
Regirock Physical Sweeper (Bigmanboy)
Regirock is a legendary Physical Sweeper for single battles. It was designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Weakness Policy activates if Regirock is hit by a super effective move. The Weakness Policy is consumed and its Attack and Special Attack are increased by two stages each. With Clear Body, prevents other pokemon from lowering Regirock's stat stages. Come in on a physical opponent, tank a hammer arm or bullet punch or ANY physical move, gain weakness policy, Rock Polish that turn, and clean house.Facade's damage doubles when the user has a status affliction.
◆ Drain Punch is a physical 75-base power Fighting-type move (Regirock recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
◆ Facade is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if Regirock is burn/poison/paralyzed).
◆ Rock Polish is a status move (raises your Regirock's speed by 2 stages).
◆ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Regirock's attack and defense by 1 stage).
◆ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Regirock? These builds have been optimized for Sword/Shield Double Battles. They have movesets and EVs specifically calibrated to generally work best versus multiple Pokemon at once as well as helping to support other team members and allys in the Sword/Shield generation metagame.
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Item: Eject Pack / Choice Band
Ability: Clear Body
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Moveset:
- Rock Slide / Rock Tomb
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
- Thunder Punch / Double-Edge
- Superpower / Hammer Arm
Doubles Physical Sweeper Regirock (Clear Body)
Regirock is a legendary Physical Sweeper for double battles. It is primarily designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Regirock's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Clear Body, prevents other pokemon from lowering Regirock's stat stages. Thunder Punch was added to provide additional threat coverage. With a Eject Pack equipped to it, if Regirock's stat stages are lowered, it switches to a chosen ally then the Eject Pack gets consumed.
◆ Rock Tomb is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Rock-type move (100% chance to lower the target's speed by 1 stage).
◆ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
◆ Bulldoze is a physical 60-base power Ground-type move (100% chance lower adjacent Pokemon speed by 1 stage).
◆ Thunder Punch is a physical 75-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
◆ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
◆ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Regirock's attack and defense by 1 stage).
◆ Hammer Arm is a physical 100-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Regirock's speed by 1 stage).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Regirock learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation.
Sort and organize the learnset by move type, category, accuracy, and power. Bolded moves will gain the same-type attack bonus (STAB) if this Pokemon uses them.
Damage Modifiers:
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Regirock can perform in Sword/Shield. Not every combo going to be game-changing, but some can be pretty fun to play with. Sometimes these can be easily overlooked or forgotten, hence why we find and list them here. Discover what items, abilities, and moves this Pokemon can use in combination with each other to gain a strategic advantage in competitive battles.
Competitive SS Move and Ability Combos for Regirock
- Moves: Defense curl + Rollout
- Moves: Swagger + Psych up
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Substitute + Drain punch
- Moves: Body Press + Defense Curl
- Moves: Body Press + Curse
- Moves: Body Press + Iron Defense
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Move: Meteor Beam + Item: Power Herb
- Item: Blunder Policy + Move: Zap Cannon
- Item: Blunder Policy + Move: Dynamic Punch
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Thunder Wave, Toxic
Moves that boost Regirock's stats
- Ancient Power
- Charge Beam
- Curse
- Defense Curl
- Iron Defense
- Meteor Beam
- Power-Up Punch
- Rock Polish
Most notable and possible best moves for Regirock
- Body Press
- Curse
- Drain Punch
- Earthquake
- Heavy Slam
- Ice Punch
- Iron Head
- Protect
- Rest
- Rock Slide
- Stealth Rock
- Stomping Tantrum
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Regirock in Sword and Shield
- Brave Nature ( 252/252/0/0/4/0 )
- Adamant Nature ( 252/252/0/0/4/0 )
- Optimize Regirock's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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